Meister v. Krotter

Thomsen, District Judge.

The plaintiffs claim damages resulting to their land from overflow claimed to be caused by defendant’s erection •of a dam in the Frenchman river. Defendant appeals from a verdict and judgment for plaintiffs.

The land involved is located about one-half mile from the town of Palisade, Nebraska. During the irrigation season the water from the river is diverted to the Culbertson irrigation canal. This canal or ditch has existed for 40 years. It lies north of the river in distances from the intake varying up to one-half mile. Following the meanderings of the river channel…